Thread: Has anyone heard of the brand 'Cora'?

Hi all, im a new user and I found this site while trying to hunt down some information on a straight razor I picked up at a market several years ago, haven't found any information so far and hoping a friendly forumite could help out.

The razor is branded 'Cora', made in Germany, carries an emblem on the handle and has a faded insignia on the blade itself which i believe says 'CORA BEST'. It also has a box which although has worn alot is still in pretty strong condition.

As i said I have searched but my experience in this area is limited so any help or leads anyone can give would be sincerely appreciated, thank you in advance

Originally Posted by bobbits

Hi all, im a new user and I found this site while trying to hunt down some information on a straight razor I picked up at a market several years ago, haven't found any information so far and hoping a friendly forumite could help out.

The razor is branded 'Cora', made in Germany, carries an emblem on the handle and has a faded insignia on the blade itself which i believe says 'CORA BEST'. It also has a box which although has worn alot is still in pretty strong condition.

As i said I have searched but my experience in this area is limited so any help or leads anyone can give would be sincerely appreciated, thank you in advance

If you can post some images that would be quite helpful. I don't recognize the name itself but if you can post some pictures of the emblem and insignia we might be able to identify them.

I had to scan it, sorry about image size, sort of managed to get the insignia though but its faded as i mentioned, thanks for any assistance though even if it remains a mystery lol

is it just me, or did no image get posted?

I don't know a lot about this brand.
But these razors were made in Germany, 1945 - 1960.

it shows up on my screen, ill put it on photobucket with a link, might work if the pic isnt showing

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...-toy/cora2.jpg

Originally Posted by manah

I don't know a lot about this brand.
But these razors were made in Germany, 1945 - 1960.

thats a start lol, thank you, and the other side of the blade has 'made in Germany' inscribed on it

looks like it could do with some polishing compound. And it looks like the toe has been honed more than the heel, so it tapers to the toe. Could have been made that way though.
Other than that, it doesn't look like too bad of a find.
Based on what Manah said, it's probably about 50 yrs old, so, it should be good, once it's been restored a bit.

May have to try and get it restored, i will check out the classifieds, i was looking at the insignia on the blade and it appears to be a crown, very hard to see in the picture i put up, barely visible in front of me lol

thanks again